What To Use To Stretch Fondant?sugar?flour?
Decorating By stejess Updated 4 Feb 2006 , 10:36pm by MelC
I use vegetable shortening a good amount so it doesn't stick ... when you first start stretching and the fondant is still thick lift it and sprinkle some powdered sugar on the mat
I am getting ready to cover my son's birthday cake with fondat but I was wondering what to use so it does not stick to my pantry.
I live in France and cannot find cornstarch
Cornstarch is called corn flour in many countries.
I use a small amount, very small, of Crisco all vegetable shortening on my work area and on my rolling pin. Just enough to give the surfaces a bit of a sheen. You will get less cracking going this route. I do not believe Crisco Shortening is available in France and I cannot think of the name of the product that most closely resembles this. Shortening is a white fat looking substance that looks rather like lard but is made from the extraction of the fat from vegetables instead of animal fat.
Some people use a tiny amount of glycerine to slightly grease a work surface to, to roll out.
If you use powdered sugar, go sparingly as this may cause your fondant to become too dry and crack.
Hugs Squirrelly
Edited to add this, in many countries in Europe, powdered sugar may go under another name like confectioner's sugar, icing sugar, fondant sugar. It may not have cornstarch added to it the way it does in Canada and the U.S. to prevent clumping. You are looking for the sugar that most closely resembles talcum powder, sugar that is very small particle so as to appear as a powder.
You can probably get trex in France that what we use in the UK.....
I roll out on icing sugar..and if I get any litltle cracks I blend in with a finger a tiny amount of trex or abit of water then icing sugar on your finger and massage in takes any cracks away....
I might try rolling my fondant out on trex for my next order next week and see how that compares to rolling on icing ...both seem really good..the main thing is not having the icing stick to your board..
So use whatever method you prefer 
I use vegetable shortening a good amount so it doesn't stick ...t
A good amount will cause fondant to break down and tear easily.
my fondant is very sticky and to make objects I had to use flour yesterday.
Thak you very much!
I was also wondering how to glue some fondant objects nowing that I cannot find piping gel.
What a country!lol
If it is sticky, you need to knead in more powdered sugar, until it no longer sticks to your hands.
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